Last name origin help?

Question

well my lastname is cole

my father is from jamaica as is his

when i search the origin

i get everything from dutch to spanish

im confused

b|c my sister told me that i am also cuban...from my dads side so could it be spanish?

Answer 1

It is Dutch.

Answer 2

This is another explanation of the Cole origin.

Surname: Cole

This very interesting English, Irish and occasionally Scottish surname was originally a personal name. It is generally accepted as deriving from the personal name Nicholas, itself of Ancient Greek origins, or it may have derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century byname 'Cola', meaning black. This presumably denoted one of dark or swarthy appearance and may possibly have described a Dane or Anglo-Saxon. 'Cola' and 'Cole' as personal names are recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, although the surname was only some seventy years behind (See below). The patronymic form of the now more popular 'Coles' is not recorded until the 16th Century, when George Coles appears in the register of Freemen of the City of York in 1555. In the modern idiom the surname has a number of variant spellings including Coale(s), Coule(s), Cowle(s), and Coleson. Examples of the surname recording include Johannes Cole in the Yorkshire Poll Tax rolls of 1379, and Elias Cole in the same register. A later example is that of John Coles who married Margarett Warton, at St. Stephen's, Coleman Street, London, on June 24th 1565, whilst one of the earliest settlers in the American colonies was Edward Coles, who on June 15th 1635, at the age of 20 yrs, embarked on the ship 'Thomas and John' of London, bound for Virginia. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Randolphi Cole, which was dated 1148, The Winton Rolls of Hampshire, during the reign of King John of England, known as 'Lackland' 1199 - 1216.

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Cole

Last name origins & meanings:

English: from a Middle English pet form of Nicholas.

English: from a Middle English personal name derived from the Old English byname Cola (from col ‘(char)coal’, presumably denoting someone of swarthy appearance), or the Old Norse cognate Koli.

Scottish and Irish: when not of English origin, this is a reduced and altered form of McCool.

In some cases, particularly in New England, Cole is a translation of the French surname Charbonneau.

Probably an Americanized spelling of German Kohl.

An Irish family by the name of Cole was established in Fermanagh by Sir William Cole (1576–1653). He was the first Provost of Enniskillen, and his descendants became earls of Enniskillen. The family is thought to have originated in Devon or Cornwall.

Answer 3

I think it is english, which would make a lot of sense if your dad is Jamaican as a lot of surnames from there are originally from the UK